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The TQM with other officers formulate plans for loading and employment of an LST in the United States.

A training film on loading and employment of LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) in the United States. Officers seated at a desk. They make strategies and plans for the loading and the employment of the ship. The office of the Transport Quartermaster Officer (TQM). A TQM seated at a desk. He confers with commanding officers of each unit to be transported. They ensure correct loading of every equipment. They fill a form. Plans for handling of special items and protection of cargo from different weather conditions are made. The TQM makes a personal inspection of a ship. He finds out possible minor conversions which should be made. A man standing with him. He gives information about changes which are required. The TQM discussing with other officers and personnel. The TQM standing near a table with officers in his office. He designs plans for the ship. He lays out the ship's blueprints and corrects any peculiarities. Cargo loading and other plans are formulated. They prepare the profile storage plan. Then they compile the loading summary. The ship's Cargo Officer and the TQM present the loading plan to the ship's Captain for his approval. The Captain must agree with him in every detail. After the final agreement, the ship prepares to receive the cargo. The cargo is being loaded. Men working on the ship.

Date: 1944
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077216
Sailors undergo anti aircraft tracking drills aboard a ship underway at sea in the United States.

A film titled: 'Life at Sea' on the life of U.S. Navy sailors aboard ships. United States Navy ships in a harbor in the United States. A signalman near a signal light. The U.S. flag flying atop a flag pole. Sailors aboard ships. U.S. Navy Cruiser USS Macon (CA-132) underway at sea. An officer looks through binoculars. A Captain standing on a bridge with sailors. A sailor looks through binoculars. The sailors get ready for anti aircraft tracking drills. Sailors seated at a table. Ships underway. Men at an information center for tracking any enemy aircraft. They track the enemy aircraft and report to battle stations. They get ready for action. They look through binoculars. They aim anti aircraft guns as the aircraft fly in formation overhead. Men in a radio room keep in touch with the rest of the navy. The sailors aim the guns.

Date: 1947
Duration: 4 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077258
US Navy sailors are shown training films and they work aboard a ship underway at sea in the United States.

A film on the life of United States Navy sailors aboard ships in the United States. Some sailors talking amongst themselves. Other playing solitaire cards. A ship underway at sea. The ship underway at night. The sailors sleeping in their beds. They wake up early the next morning and get ready. An officer wakes sailors from their beds. They shave. Young sailor with no beard puts on shaving cream anyway. Newspapers on board ship being printed at ship print shop. The sailors read the newspapers. They stand at attention. Officers inspect them. A classroom session for the sailors. Machinists attend a mathematics class. An officer instructs them. The sailors are shown training films. The training films give them information about how to acquire more efficiency in jobs. A sailor welds a metal. Carpenters at work in workshop. Sailors paint railings on deck. Coffee is poured into a mug. Electricians have coffee. Some of the sailors buy things such as pens and perfumes from the ship's store. A sailor collects clothes from a laundry. Other sailors having coffee and soda drinks and refreshments.

Date: 1947
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077259
Contributions of African Americans in various fields in the United States.

(See also clip 65675078146 from different film transfer). Famous African American men and women citizens in the United States. Clip opens with of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee University. Scene in a laboratory with African American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, as an elderly man, working with another scientist in the laboratory. African American judge of New York city court. African American explorer Matthew Henson is seen looking at a globe (he was with Admiral Peary planting the American flag at the North Pole in 1909), and an unnamed African American surgeon at work in an operating room in New York. Next scene shows famous "father of the blues" musician and composer W.C. Handy (William Christoper Handy) smiling. Next is seen the financier and publisher of the Amsterdam News, Dr. C.B. Powell (Clilan Powell) greeting three uniformed African American women during a World War 2 war bond drive, and handing them a check (close up is shown) for 25,000 dollars, dated January 4, 1942, for the war bond drive. It is from the account of the Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company which Dr. Powell also owned. The check is signed by C.B Powell and Philip M.H. Savory (Dr. Savory was co-owner of the New York Amsterdam News). The next scene shows Elise Johnson McDougald, better known as Gertrude Elise Ayer, who was the first black full-time public school principal after the consolidation of New York City schools in 1898. She was also a noted woman writer during the Harlem Renaissance. She is seated in her office at her desk, likely in P.S. 119 in Harlem, since this is approximately year 1945 and she was at P.S 119 at that time. Her name plaque is visible on the front center of the desk. Principal Ayer smiles as a woman delivers a document to her. Next is seen the African American historian, author, and professor, Lawrence D. Reddick, serving in his role as the curator of the Schomburg Collection of African American Literature. In an art studio is seen the famous African American sculptor and painter Charles Alston, at work on a sculpture. Next scene shows the famous African American contralto singer, Marian Anderson, receiving a bouquet of flowers and smiling after a performance. This transitions to a view of African American orchestra conductor Dean Dixon leading an orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Several views of different sections of the orchestra performing under Dixon's direction. Clip closes with brief shots of campuses of several historically black colleges and universities in the United States like Howard University, Hampton, Tuskegee, Fisk, Prairie View. An American college football game underway at the stadium of one of the colleges.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077352
American sailors box in a ring during a bout in the United States.

United States Navy sailors in training engage in various sports in the United States, circa World War I. A boxing bout. Two sailors boxing in the ring.

Date: 1916
Duration: 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077370
Achievements of African Americans in art, literature, music science, and medicine in the United States, in the late 1930s and 1940s.

A film about achievements of various African American men and women citizens in the United States. A statue of Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee University in Alabama. View of African American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, as an elderly man, working with another scientist in a laboratory. African American judge of New York city court. African American explorer Matthew Henson is seen looking at a globe (he was with Admiral Peary planting the American flag at the North Pole in 1909), and an unnamed African American surgeon at work in an operating room in New York. Next scene shows famous "father of the blues" musician and composer W.C. Handy (William Christoper Handy) smiling. Next is seen the financier and publisher of the Amsterdam News, Dr. C.B. Powell (Clilan Powell) greeting three uniformed African American women during a World War 2 war bond drive, and handing them a check (close up is shown) for 25,000 dollars, dated January 4, 1942, for the war bond drive. It is from the account of the Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company which Dr. Powell also owned. The check is signed by C.B Powell and Philip M.H. Savory (Dr. Savory was co-owner of the New York Amsterdam News). The next scene shows Elise Johnson McDougald, better known as Gertrude Elise Ayer, who was the first black full-time public school principal after the consolidation of New York City schools in 1898. She was also a noted woman writer during the Harlem Renaissance. She is seated in her office at her desk, likely in P.S. 119 in Harlem, since this is approximately year 1945 and she was at P.S 119 at that time. Her name plaque is visible on the front center of the desk. Principal Ayer smiles as a woman delivers a document to her. Next is seen the African American historian, author, and professor, Lawrence D. Reddick, serving in his role as the curator of the Schomburg Collection of African American Literature. In an art studio is seen the famous "Harlem Renaissance" African American sculptor and painter Charles Alston, at work on a sculpture. Next scene shows the famous African American contralto singer, Marian Anderson, receiving a bouquet of flowers and smiling after a performance. This transitions to a view of African American orchestra conductor Dean Dixon leading an orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Several views of different sections of the orchestra performing under Dixon's direction. Clip closes with brief shots of campuses of several historically black colleges and universities in the United States like Howard University, Hampton, Tuskegee, Fisk, Prairie View. A football game underway in one of the colleges, and view on the field as quarterback throws a pass.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078146